I ventured out around 17:15 today. I was hoping to catch the low tide, but I knew, from the wind, that there might not be a low tide. When I arrived at the creek, it was obvious that the wind was pushing water up into the creek. I decided to paddle to a distant mudding spot and have a look around. If there was no mud, at least I’d get in a good paddle. When I arrived at the mudding spot, most of the mud was underwater, so I paddled around and checked out a few nearby spots. I found a spot that has good potential. I’ll have to return to it when the tide is lower.

On a completely different note. We’re in the middle of a serious drought, here. I won’t be using the clay pit until nature provides some water for me to clean up. My shallow well, that I use for watering and outdoor washing, has gone completely dry, and my big pond is now just a mud puddle. Unless I install an outdoor water faucet that is connected to county water, I have no water outside. That means there is no way to rinse off the clay before coming inside to shower. I’m hoping we get some rain, but we need a lot of rain to change the situation, so I don’t expect to be able to use the clay pit in the next 2 weeks or more. What we really need is a tropical storm, or at least 5 inches of rain.

Sorry, I don’t have any pictures from today’s trip. I shot a little bit of video (about 1.5 minutes), but it was not worth sharing. I’ll be going out again, soon.